Example sentences of "[coord] the [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it soon seemed natural for one man to be held first among equals ; or the first prominent convert in a city , like Stephanas at Corinth ( 1 Cor. 16 : 15–16 ) , might form a community round his household . |
| 2 | Add to that the probability of either Britain 's first black Tory MP , or the first Liberal Democrat gain of election night and it 's easy to see why Cheltenham has grabbed the imagination of the political pundits . |
| 3 | MacLink also has a role to play in the translation of information once it has been transferred by other communications systems ; simple serial links , modem or Email based file transfer or the third main method for getting files between Macintoshes and PCs , disk exchange . |
| 4 | The table provided in the Library note projects that we shall not come up against the upper ceiling of the present capacity in either this or the next financial year . |
| 5 | The next three classes beneath the class — the Sahn , the and the — also may choose kadiliks or the next higher rank of medrese , but in these cases the option of choosing a kadilik is expressed in variants of the following phrase : " if [ the muderrises ] become poor and choose office [ as kadi ] … " , the implication of which is that they would not otherwise do so . |
| 6 | Unanimity , or the next best thing , a decision which no one actually opposes , is not unknown , especially in relatively small groups or communities . |
| 7 | It ca n't be blamed on the unions or the last Labour Government . |
| 8 | Was the man the last Minoan king or the last Minoan high-priest of Knossos ? |
| 9 | This was a topical point as Faldo is currently ‘ up in the air ’ on whether he will play in the American Nabisco Grand Prix or the last European event , the Volvo Masters . |
| 10 | These and the 33rd Armoured Regiment , whose tanks were no match for those of a German Panzer division , did their best , but it was hopeless . |
| 11 | In 1962 , the Institute of Directors ( IOD ) established a Retirement Advisory Bureau ; and the first private retirement consultancy was set up in London in 1965 ( IPM 1965 ) . |
| 12 | The pair made the longest unsupported polar journey and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic land mass . |
| 13 | Dr Allan said the two men were bearing up well and were in better condition than had been expected after making the longest unsupported polar trip and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic landmass . |
| 14 | In spite of their exhaustion , their jubilation at making the longest unsupported polar trip and the first unsupported crossing of Antarctica was unmistakeable . |
| 15 | No England/Scotland ; AND the first bloody game I R5 commerntary on is f***ing Scum vs Spurs ( and they won ! ) . |
| 16 | Now , after six games without defeat and the first away win in place , striker Gordon Durie is even talking about joining the title race . |
| 17 | walking you will continue to support the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the A N C and Cosatu and others in South Africa that our eyes should be on the prize and that is to get democracy and the first democratic parliament in the country and after that to help in the horrendously difficult task of reconstruction and development and it is going to be a tough battle in South Africa as elsewhere and we will need to work not just for political democracy because you know so often democratic processes are misunderstood for empowerment of ordinary people and what democracy should really mean is that ordinary people have the opportunity to determine their own destiny and you know from your own advanced society and others how little power individuals have as a result of power of finance capital , of industry and of technology now . |
| 18 | In the late 1970s , after a considerable hoo-ha , girls were recognised as fit to be young explorers and the first mixed expedition went to Arctic Norway in 1980 . |
| 19 | Zeppelins appeared over the south coast and the first civilian war casualties were a little boy and his sister killed when a bomb destroyed their cottage at King 's Lynn . |
| 20 | His film roles include The Virgin Soldiers and The First Great Train Robbery . |
| 21 | In 1990 a woman rose to the top at West Point , by becoming brigade commander and the first female captain of the corps of cadets . |
| 22 | He was succeeded by Ertha Pascal-Trouillot , a member of the country 's Supreme Court and the first female President in Haiti 's 186-year history . |
| 23 | There was also the publication of various other sources relating to Mary , such as the Collections relating to Mary Queen of Scots by James Anderson ( 1727–8 ) ; and the first critical edition of John Knox 's History of the Reformation in Scotland ( 1732 ) . |
| 24 | A.J. Wilson , the President of the National Deaf Club , and the first deaf person to drive a car back in 1896 , got another ‘ first ’ that was most unwelcome when he became the first deaf driver to fall foul of the road traffic laws and be fined for speeding . |
| 25 | It was another good example of why the sooner it is possible to delay the first round of the World Group matches so that there is more than a full week between them and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year , the better . |
| 26 | A Reconstruction Committee was formed in March 1916 which was turned in July 1917 , under the impact of growing labour unrest and the first Russian revolution , into the Ministry of Reconstruction . |
| 27 | There was a slight seasonal effect of gradually declining response to models , but this could not have biased the results because the response to crest accentuation went in the opposite direction , increasing significantly between early ( small crests ) presentations and the first accentuated crest presentations . |
| 28 | Also Bangor-bound is Tim Hutchings of Crawley in England who was twice runner-up in the World cross country championships , and the first international lady to be snapped up is Plymouth 's Marion Sutton , who ran for Britain in the recent World track and field championships in Stuttgart . |
| 29 | When the great moment arrives and the first prospective buyer appears , be as cool , calm and collected as possible . |
| 30 | His locomotive designs included the first British heavy freight 2–8–0 types in 1903 , the Pacific 4–6–2 express type in 1908 , and the first general purpose 2–6–0 type in 1911 . |